As India embarks on a journey to realise the Smart Cities dream, with a number of cities across the country all set for a technical revamp, the central Indian city of Jabalpur is next in line to experience such an overhaul. Listed as the seventh city on the first list of to-be-made smart cities, Jabalpur will start developing its suburban area of Madan Mahal, which is known for its historical Rani Durgavati Fort. Surendra Yadav, West Central Railway Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO), tells Ankur Trivedi of Elets News Network (ENN) that accordingly, Madan Mahal will be developed as a model station and a major junction for economic activity

The locality of Madan Mahal already has a small railway station with the Railways planning to model it as asatellite town in collaboration with the Madhya Pradesh government in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
According to Yadav, effective communication in the form of digital, telephonic or public transport is the precursor to the development of any smart city. Building such as technologically advanced entity is not possible in the absence of a well-organised public transport system, he noted. is should be well followed by commoners having an integrated system of hotels, taxi services, theatres, restaurant and bars, for the ful“lment of the “smart city” dream.

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